Noon Games Open Thread

Submitted by jcgold on

With ND finishing off Navy, it's time to move on to the noon games. Here's what I'll be watching:

Ohio (NTO) at Penn St. - ESPN

Northwestern at Syracuse - ESPN2

Miami (NTM) at Ohio (YTO) - BTN

Western at Illinois - ESPNU

 

You can get a full listing of games using this handy chart: http://www.the506.com/ncaaf/

And for online streams, try thefirstrow.eu

Discuss and enjoy.

corundum

September 1st, 2012 at 1:28 PM ^

Kain Colter is playing very well right now, looking better than Maxwell for sure and maybe even Miller.

 

OU is playing too conservatively in my opinion, they really need to punch in a touchdown on this drive.

LSAClassOf2000

September 1st, 2012 at 1:31 PM ^

Just when I was thinking to myself that 7-3 with a couple minutes left in the half feels like a typical game in State College, Penn State blocks a punt. 1st and 10 at the Ohio 18.

M-Dog

September 1st, 2012 at 1:51 PM ^

Lot's of truth to this.  The thing holding PSU back for the last decade was the Paterno regime.   Penn State has lots of natural advantages such as being the only major program in the talent-rich area of PA/NJ.

Without the sanctions, O'Brien would have been on a role.  He was recruiting really well.  Mark my words, the sanctions only delay this.  They don't erase it.

Sten Carlson

September 1st, 2012 at 1:37 PM ^

Followed it up with a nice run though.  He's a heck of an athlete, but his throwing mechanics still look a little suspect.

LSAClassOf2000

September 1st, 2012 at 1:41 PM ^

The Bobcats have :40 or so left with  4th and short.

They let the clock run down to :03, then Solich calls a timeout.

Tettleton makes a dead run through the PSU line and slides inside Penn State territory  to close out the half. 

Is that from the Ron  Zook school of clock management?

Lionsfan

September 1st, 2012 at 1:46 PM ^

And whoever the color commentator is, he's an idiot.

"I thought OSU should have run a pass play there, so if it didn't work, they would still have time for a field goal."

He realizes they had 3 seconds right? There was time for 1 play only

mgobleu

September 1st, 2012 at 1:55 PM ^

Now, nothing like this is ever anything that I want to see, or would advocate, but on the first Bama drive, if BWC did happen to incapacitate AJ McCarron for about 4 hours, I'd like our chances.

WMUgoblue

September 1st, 2012 at 2:11 PM ^

Trust me this happens every year. "Watch out for Alex Carder and Western Michigan" Cubit's teams continue to disappoint with the talent that they've had. I've said this before but they haven't even made it to a MAC Champ game, they can't play defense or run the football, and basically their offense is made up of dink and dunk passes over the middle. He may have brought Western back to a respectable average program but that team should at least contend for a MAC championship more than they have.



/End rant of a disappointed WMU alum.

Lionsfan

September 1st, 2012 at 2:03 PM ^

Either a lot of return guys are overvaluing themselves, or they keep forgetting that Touchbacks are out to the 25 now. Every kick I've seen near the goalline they catch it and try to run, and usually get hit short of the 20. They're throwing away free yards everytime

Wolvercane

September 1st, 2012 at 2:04 PM ^

Syracuse threw the ball in the flat and didn't realize it was a backward pass. A Northwestern LB casually picked it up, waited a couple of seconds, and then ran it into the endzone for a gimme TD. 28 - 13